CIA director William J. Burns was in Kenya in January 2024. Burns held discussions with President William Ruto with a focus on regional security, the escalating threats of terrorism and political instability in the Horn of Africa and the Middle East. This visit was also meant to cement the diplomatic relations between the two nations further highlighting Kenya’s influence in Africa’s USA business. This forms the basis of our focus on the Kenya US relations.
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has also announced mass relocations of its staff from New York to Nairobi. The city already hosts major U.N. entities like the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and UN-Habitat and this move reinforces its status as a focal point for international development efforts. Why is there this huge shift and focus on Nairobi?
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